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Otay Crossings PreserveOur Otay Crossings Preserve was highlighted in the San Diego County News in August 2018. This preserve provides 25 acres of potential habitat for burrowing owl, as well as a number of other sensitive plant and animal species.

Wanis View PreserveOur new Wanis View Preserve was featured in the Osider in July 2018. Learn about the long road to getting this land conserved and under management.

Sierra Ridge Open Space PreserveSierra Ridge Open Space Preserve was featured in the Osider in May 2018. Learn a little about this preserve which SDHC began managing over 12 years after negotiations began!

Carlsbad Raceway Open Space PreserveCarlsbad Raceway Preserve was featured in the Union-Tribune in March 2014. Learn about why this preserve came to be and how it fits in with regional conservation efforts.

​​September 2018 - SDHC is now the long-term manager of the 600-acre Upper 600 Tule Wind Mitigation Site, located in McCain Valley. The preserved land provides potential habitat for the federally endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly (shown at right) and at least ten species of rare plants. Learn more in our press release.

August 2018 - SDHC is the long-term manager of the 25.1-acre Otay Crossings Open Space Preserve, located at the base of the San Ysidro Mountains along the U.S./Mexico border. The Preserve provides much needed habitat for several sensitive species, including burrowing owl, golden eagle, and Quino checkerspot butterfly. Learn more in our press release.

​August 2018 - SDHC now owns the southeastern most corner of San Diego County. The 11.59-acre Energia Sierra Juarez Preserve is located in the Jacumba mountain range along the U.S./Mexico border. Learn more in our press release.

​August 2018 - After Merkel & Associates completed a 5-year restoration effort, SDHC is now serving as the long-term manager of the 2.98-acre Sonata Property Preserve. The site provides a safe haven for thread-leaved brodiaea (Brodaiea filifoliaI), pictured at right, and Orcutt's brodiaea (Brodaiea orcuttii). Learn more in our press release.

​July 2018 - After nearly 17 years of planning and negotiations, including a five-year restoration effort, SDHC is now the long-term manager of the 87.83-acre Wanis View Preserve which was set aside as mitigation for the Wanis View Estates residential development. Learn more in our press release.

​May 2018 - SDHC is the long-term manager for the 6.2-acre Sage Creek High School Preserve set aside as mitigation for Sage Creek High School in Carlsbad. This site is adjacent to other conserved areas, including Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Preserve. Learn more in our press release.

​April 2018 – SDHC now manages the 8-acre Laurel Tree Lane Open Space Preserve located along Encinas Creek within the City of Carlsbad. Check out our press release for more details.

​​September 2017 – After over 11 years of negotiations, SDHC is now managing the 36.2-acre Sierra Ridge Open Space Preserve in Oceanside. ​Check out our press release for more details.

​November 2016 ​- After many years of planning, SDHC is now managing 120.5 acres of high quality native habitat in San Marcos known as Rancho Coronado Preserve. The site is recovering after the May 2014 Cocos Fire and is undergoing a 5-year restoration effort to create and enhance the wetland areas. Learn more in our press release.

February 2016 – San Diego Habitat Conservancy is managing another preserve in Oceanside! We are now managing Mission Vista High School Preserve. Click here to read the full press release.

​October 2015 – San Diego Habitat Conservancy has begun management of Muroya Property Open Space Preserve in Carlsbad! Muroya provides a safe haven for species such as the coastal California gnatcatcher, California adolphia, wart-stemmed ceanothus, Nuttal’s scrub oak, and Engelmann oaks. Click here to read the full press release.

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​May 2015 - San Diego Habitat Conservancy is now managing a property in Oceanside! After years of restoration, SDHC is now managing Seacliff Open Space Preserve which is located along the south side of the San Luis Rey River just steps from the ocean. Click here to read the full press release.

March 2015 - BIG NEWS! San Diego Habitat Conservancy will be the long-term manager for the largest land bank ever approved for the protection of the desert tortoise. This will also be the first property SDHC will be managing outside of San Diego County! Click here to read the full press release.

Photo credit: National Park Service

​August 2014 - San Diego Habitat Conservancy will be the long-term manager for the 210-acre Ramona Grasslands Conservation Bank located in San Diego County. Click here to read the full press release. ​